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Recent Examples of transfer station
Baltimore’s 2020 Recycling and Solid Waste Management Master Plan determined that eliminating WTE from Baltimore’s waste management process would cost taxpayers roughly $100 million to expand local landfill space and build transfer stations to truck more local waste out of state.
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Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
The safety enhancements include armed security guards patrolling transfer stations and along the Pulse line.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Projects that increase transfer stations and expand curbside recycling programs—plus any projects that make those two tasks cheaper—are prioritized as well.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
The safety enhancements include armed security guards patrolling transfer stations and along the Pulse line.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Projects that increase transfer stations and expand curbside recycling programs—plus any projects that make those two tasks cheaper—are prioritized as well.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer station
Noun
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
Noun
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In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Aug. 2025
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Totaled cars are typically sold at a salvage auction to junkyards and vehicle rebuilders.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Archaeologists also found a vessel likely used for landfill retention, plus another one that remains unidentified.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer%20station. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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